Machine for finishing and completing twine or cord



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J. OIIEYNE.

MACHINE FOR FINISHING AND COMPLETING TWINE 0R CORD.

No 412,070. Patented Oct 1, 1889 (No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. OHEYNE. MACHINE FOR FINISHING AND COMPLETING TWINE OR 00111).

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J. OHEYNE. MACHINE FOR FINISHING AND COMPLETING TWINE 0R CORD. No.412,070.

Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

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rvmemma FOR FINISHING AND COMPLETING TWINE OR CORD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,070, dated OctoberI, 1889. Application filed March 13, 1889, Serial No. 303,073. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CHEYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Machines for Finishing and CompletingTwine or Cord, of which the following is aspecification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of myinvent-ion is to finish and complete twine or cord byone continuous operation with less machinery and with a class ofmachinery less expensive than that now employed in twine-finishing, inwhich several operations are required.

I attain the object sought by devices that are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of the rear portion of atwine-finishingmachine, a portion of the frameshaft, flier, spindle, &c., being removedin such figure. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the front portion of the machine, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the same.

A represents a portion of a twine or cord finishing machine of ordinarybuild, having the usual frame A, forming-tube b, shaft 0, and flier cl.

On the frame A of the machine A, and at the rear end of the same, Iarrange and suitably fix one or more supporting-pins B, the number ofwhich pins will correspond with the number of strands required to formthe twine or cord to be finished and completed. The pin or pins B, whichare adapted to support the supply-bobbins, are provided with bobbins O,which bobbins contain the roving a: in its unfinished state and as thesame leaves the roving-machine. At a suitable distance in front of thepin or pins B and the bobbin or bobbins O thereon I arrange and fix asize or solution box D, which box is adapted to hold the size orsolution prepared for and through which the roving or unfinished andincomplete twine or cord :0 passes.

The box D, containing the size or solution with which the roving istreated and through which it passes, is provided with a roller E and twoadditional rollers F, the former of which rollers is arranged on theedge of the box D and is adapted to support the roving as, drawn fromoff the bobbin or bobbins O preparatory to entering the box D and thesize or solution therein. After the rovinghas passed over the roller Eand has entered the size or solution in the box D, it passes under therollers F, arranged near the bottom of the box D and remote from eachother, in which positions the rollers F are adapted to keep the rovinga: immersed in the size or solution to saturate the same therewith. Atthe opposite side of the box D, in front of roller E and projecting overthe size or solution box I), I arrange in slotted standards G and oneabove another rollers H and II, which rollers, owing to a weighted leverH arranged to act upon the slide-bearings ll of the roller H, areadapted by pressure to press out of the roving w and return into the boxD any eX- cess of the size or solution which the roving may carry afterleaving the box I) and the size or solution therein.

In front of the standards G, and at a suitable distance therefrom oneach side of the machine-frame, is arranged and fastened by belts orotherwise a standard J, having bearings J, in which bearings arejournaled heated rolls K K, which rolls are provided with gears K thatintermesh with an intermediate gear K, which latter is arranged on astud fixed in the frame A, as shown. The roller K is provided with apulley K, that connects with a pulley H on the roller H by a belt Kwhich adapts the roll K to impart motion to the roller H, while the rollK, by means of pulley K belt L and gear K is adapted to rotate the gearK and roll K, while the absorbingroll N is turned by the heated rolls KK.

The roll N, which is provided with one or more coverings of flannel,felt, or other absorbing material or, is arranged in a slot J formedtherefor in the standards J, and rests upon the heated rolls K K, and isadapted by means of said covering or coverings of flannel, felt, orother absorbing material a to absorb and take up any remaining moistureupon the roving or partly-finished twine or cord as after the same haspassed from between the rollers H H and is passing over and between theabsorbing-roll N and heated rolls K K preparatory to the roving orpartly-finished twine or cord as passing from the rolls K, K, and N to adrying-cylinder L.

The drying-cylinders L, to which the roving or partly-finished twine orcord passes from the rolls K, K, and N, and around which the roving,twine, or cord passes one or more times to dry the same, are arranged infront of the rolls K K in bearings L prepared therefor, and are. adaptedto drythe roving or partly-finished twine or cord while the same ispassing one or more times around the cylinder, and from which the rovingor partlyfinished twine or cord 00 passes to a formingtube b in a dryand heated state.

The cylinders L and rolls K K are made hollow, and are provided withpipes 10, as shown in Fig. 2, through which steam is introduced for thepurpose of heating them.

The forming-tube b, which is'arranged in a rail 1), transversely fixedin the machine, as shown, is adapted to receive the dried, heated, andpartly-finished twine or cord, and which, while the twine is passingthrough the same, lays and, by the friction created in the passage,glazes the roving or partly-finished twine or cord in previously driedand heated by the cylinder, and which is twisted by the flier in itspassage through the same and preparatory to the finished twine or cordbeing laid by the flier d on a metal The forming-spool R is arranged ona tube R, which latter is provided with a groove on' its surface toaccommodate afeather R arranged therefor in a driving-pulley R, uponwhich the tube slides. Upon spindle R the forming-spool R and tube R aremounted, and which is supported at one end in a standard S and at theother end. in the flier d, as shown. The tube R is provided at the outerend of the same with a recess T, to accommodate the upper and bifurcatedend T of a traversebar T, which latter is arranged to slide on and overa rod T while the lower end of the said traverse-bar enters and isadapted to Work in grooves T T of a face-cam V, which cam is fixed on ashaft W, journaled in bearings l and 2, fastened to the machine-frame,and which is adapted, by means of the traverse-bar T to reciprocate tubeR and forming-spool R back and forth on the spindle R This enables theforming-spool R to receive the finished twine or cord or from the fliercl and to cause the flier to lay the finished twine or cord on and overthe length of the forming-spool R to complete the twine or cord, asshown in Fig. 3.

The cam-shaft W' is provided with a gear 4, that gears with anintermediate gear 5, which latter is arranged on a stud 6, fastened inthe frame A, and which gears with a gear 7 on the driving-shaft c.

The drying-cylinder L, around which the roving orpartly-finished twinepasses to be dried preparatory to its entering the formingtube 1),receives its motion from a pulley O on a transverse shaft P by means ofa belt 0,

forming-spool R.

while the belt L gives motion to roll K from the pulley L on thecylinder L.

The tube R and flier d are actuated from the shaft 0 by means of belts z.2, as shown in Fig. 3, and at different rates of speed, the tube movingendwise over feather R. The flier d, arranged in bearings (1 has arms (1around which the finished twine or cord :r passes before passing overgrooved pulleys d to the forming-spool R, on which the finished twine orcord is wound and completed by one continuous operation and by machinerycosting less than one-half of the machinery now employed intwine-finishing.

The twine or cordzr, finished and completed as shown in Fig. 3, whentaken from the forming-spool by removing the spindle R from the flier,is ready for the market without further manipulation.

The belt a drives the flier, and with it the toothed wheel 01. whichgears into the' toothed Wheel n mounted on shaft 91 A second toothedwheel a is secured to wheel 0?? and gears into the toothed Wheel n,mounted on a sleeve 0. Atoothed wheel 0 is secured on the other end ofsleeve 0 and gears into the two toothed wheels 19, which are fast to thegrooved cylinders 19, around which the yarn is conducted in its passagefrom tube 1) to the flier d.

What I claim is- 1. In a twine-machine, the combination, with thesizing-trough, the press-rolls H H, the rollers K K, and the roller N,covered with absorbent material and bearing on said rollers, and thedrying-cylinder L, all supported on a common frame, of the flier d,thespool-tube R, and the grooved face-cam and the traverse-bar- T forreciprocating said spool-tube,all support-ed on a common frame, a singlemain driving-pulley, and intermediate driving mechanism connecting thesaid press-rolls, rollers, drying-cylinder, flier, and face-cam with thesaid main drivingpulley, whereby all the said devices are combined toform a single compound machine and are driven simultaneously atappropriate speeds, substantially as set forth.

2. In a twine-machine, the combination, with the supporting-frame, ofthe sizing trough, the press-rolls H H, supported over said trough, therollers K K, provided with toothed wheels K the toothed wheel K in-'tergearing with both of said wheels K the cylinder N, covered withabsorbent material and bearing on said rollers, the drying-cylinder L,and intermediate driving devices connecting the drying cylinder andpressroll shafts with the shafts of rollers K K, where by all the saiddevices may be driven simultaneously and at appropriate speeds,substantially as set forth.

JOHN UHEYNE. Witnesses: I

SAMUEL MGILRQY, WILLIAM STEWART.

